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Marshall Elementary Puts Classes Through PBS LearningMedia Training

Angela Hiatt, an educational outreach specialist for IPTV, spent the day at Marshall Elementary in Dubuque, Iowa, on November 25. She worked with grades 4 and 5 as they created PBS LearningMedia accounts and learned how to receive assignments from their teacher's account and submit them. The students had a blast discovering the thousands of pieces of educational content within this site and the teachers are looking forward to using this mobile responsive resource. Contact Angela to request training at your school.

This Week's Featured Resources:

PBS is Looking for America's Most Innovative Educators!

If you are creatively integrating digital media and technology in your classroom, we encourage you to apply to the 2015 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovators Program. This yearlong professional development program is designed to reward, foster and grow a community of 100 tech-savvy educators making an impact in their classrooms. Learn More

Chinese Folktale: The Little Rabbits

Grades PreK-5

Storytelling in China goes back more than a thousand years and plays an important role in Chinese society. It has been used as a way to preserve culture and share knowledge as stories are passed from generation to generation. Learn More

All About the Holidays: Christmas

Grades 2-6

Christmas Day isn't just a holiday for Christians. Learn about the various traditions that people hold to celebrate it. Then have yourself a merry little Christmas! Learn More

Living with Sumatran Elephants | Earth: A New Wild

Grades 5-10

Coexisting with elephants isn't always easy, especially in a rainforest with limited space and resources. Elephants in Sumatra are powerful ecosystem engineers and play a crucial role in maintaining a healthy environment, but with humans now trying to build farms that border the forest, both species are at risk. Today, elephant trainers are beginning to work with the local animals to safely protect the forest for humans and animals alike. Learn More

America After Ferguson: America and Race

Grades 9-12

Following the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, a panel discusses the complexities around race in this country, in this video from America After Ferguson. History professor Jelani Cobb conveys the deep sense of anger and loss that he observed in Ferguson and how protesters there saw similarities in the teenager's (Michael Brown's) shooting death and those of others, including Trayvon Martin. Actor and playwright Anna Deveare Smith notes that while our society had been considered by some to be in a post-racial era before the events in Ferguson, things are different now. Writer Jason Riley suggests there are groups that have a vested interest in keeping racism alive in America. Learn More

How are you using IPTV and PBS resources as a teaching and learning tool? Email one of our Educational Outreach Specialists with examples of how your students are benefiting from them. We may feature you in a future newsletter or on social media!

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